Hackett to challenge DeWine for Senate
WASHINGTON — Paul Hackett, the Iraq War veteran from Cincinnati who was hailed by national Democrats for his narrow loss this summer in a heavily Republican House district, has quickly moved up in rank to challenge Mike DeWine for U.S. Senate in 2006.
“Paul Hackett is running for U.S. Senate,” said spokesman David Woodruff, who served as Hackett’s campaign manager in his special election campaign for the 2nd District House seat against Rep. Jean Schmidt.
“He is planning to announce his decision officially on Oct. 24,” Woodruff said Monday, adding an event would be held that day in Cincinnati, from which Hackett would begin a statewide bus tour.
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Hackett, you will recall, is the guy who ran against Republican Jean Schmidt in Ohio’s 2nd District earlier this year, after Rob Portman left Congress to become US Trade Representative, and lost by only the narrowest of margins — a result which, when coupled with the ongoing Coingate festivities, has led many to conclude that the Ohio GOP is in serious trouble in the next election cycle. Interesting.
(sidenote: I think it’s hilarious that Paul Hackett has a ridiculously detailed Wikipedia entry.)
